cable length

I read something similar a while ago about length of digital coax cable. I can't remember which company it was, but they were talking about the ringing in the cable. Some of the signal echos in the cable, and if the cable was less than 1.5M long, then the digital echo could interfere with the signal currently being processed. They claimed that 1.5M was the shortest cable that should be used for digital connections, but I found it funny that after explaining all of that, that company sold 0.5M, 1.0M digital cables as well.

In reply to Dekay and Panzercat and regarding the length of digital cables, there are indeed certain design parameters which dictate the "ideal" length and these include keeping relflected waves to a minimum. Speaking as a manufacturer we only make digital cables with a minimum 60" cable (approx 1.5 meters) length as we have found this gives the best performance for our particular cable topolgy. I think Kevin from Muse would be the best qualified to comment on this subject in general due to his expertise in the digital field. Hope this helps? Regards, Richard.

Four foot or eight foot makes no difference. You only need wire large enough to deep from degrading the damping factor of your amp. Power cords are not in the signal path and therefore cannot effect fidelity. They only need to be big enough to deliver the required current which is not very much.

Oy, Steve's crusade continues on yet another thread... Different PCs, ICs, and SCs do make significant sonic differences in high fidelity systems. They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, They do, No matter whatchya say, I heard it.

It's not how long it is, it's how you use it...
Oh, CABLE length! Excuse me; I thought we were talking about something else. Wrong chat area.